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|&l).2D.,  ?^.©.,  LL.?©. 

ILLIAM    KAINEY    HARPER    was    born    in 
New  Conconl,   Oliio,  July  2(5,   1H.>().  the  eldest 
son  of  Samuel   and   Elizabeth  Rainey   Har|)er. 
From  Muskingum  College  at  New  Concord  at  the  age  of 
fourteen  he  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  and 
from  Vale  University  at  the  age  of  nineteen  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Philosoi)hy.     In  1875  he  married  Ella  Paul 
daughter  of  Rev.  David  Paul,  president  of  Muskingum 
College.     He  was  tutor  in  Denison  University  from  187(3 
to  1878.     He  was  professor  of  Hebrew^  in   the   Baptist 
Union  Theological   Seminary  at  Morgan  Park,   Illinois, 
from  1879  to  1886,   and  of  Semitic   languages   in  Yale 
University  from  1886  to  1891.     In  September,  1890,  Dr. 
Harper    was    elected    President    of    the    then    recently 
founded  University  of  Chicago,  accepted  the  office  in  a 
letter  dated    at    New   Haven,    February   16,    1891,    and 
entered  upon  his  duties  July  1  of  the  same  year.     With 
the  presidency  he  held  also  the  headship  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Semitic  Languages  and  Literatures.     He  was 
the  founder,  and  to  the  end  of  his   life   the   editor,  of 
Hebraica,  afterward  known  as  The  American  Journal  of 
Semitic  Lang-uag-es  and  Literatures,  and  of  The  Hebrew 
Student,  which  after  various  changes  of  name  became 
The  Biblical  World.      He  also  took  a  leading  part  in 
the  founding  and  editing  of  The  American  Journal  of 
Theology.     He  was  the  author  of  numerous  works  in 
the  field  of  Semitic  languages  and  Old  Testament  inter- 
o*  pretation,  and  in  education.     He  died  January  10,  1906. 


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Tlir  Harper  Memorial  Library 

FROM  1892  to  11U)2  the  General  Library  of  the  University  of  Chicago  was  housed  in  a 
temporary  one-story  brick  buildinij.  which  also  gave  accommodation  to  the  I'niversity 
Press  and  the  Ciymnasium.  This  building  stood  where  Hutchinson  Court  is  now 
located.  In  l!H)-J.  on  the  completion  of  the  Press  Building  on  the  corner  of  Fifty-eighth 
Street  and  Ellis  Avenue,  tiie  Library  accompanied  the  University  Press  to  the  new  location. 
Here  also  it  remained  ten  years. 

The  first  active  steps  toAvard  the  erection  of  a  permanent  central  lilirary  building  lor 
the  University  were  taken  in  the  same  year  in  which  it  was  located  in  the  Press  Building. 
.June  24.  1902.  on  recommendation  of  President  Harper,  the  Board  of  Trustees  appointed  a 
Commission  on  Library  Building  and  Policy.  This  committee  included,  beside  the  President 
himself,  three  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  Messrs.  Martin  A.  Ryerson.  Franklin 
Mac\'eagh.  and  F.  A.  Smith,  and  six  members  of  the  Faculties,  Messrs.  Frederick  I. 
Carpenter.  .Tohn  >L  Coulter.  Albion  ^^^  Small.  Harry  I'ratt  .Tudson.  William  Gardner  Hale. 


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and  Ernest  I).  Burton.  The  report  of  this  Commission.  jH-esented  to  the  Board  of  Trustees 
and  adoi)ted  in  August  of  the  same  year,  recommended  that  the  I^ibrary  Building  be  made 
the  central  member  of  a  group  of  nine  buildings,  which  should  include  buildings  for  the 
Divinity  School,  the  Law  School,  the  Historical  and  Social  Science  (iroup.  tlic  Philosophy 
(iroup.  the  Chtssical  Ciroup.  the  Modern  Language  Ciroup.  and  the  Oriental  Group:  that 
each  of  these  buildings  contain  a  departmental  library  for  the  dei)artments  housed  in  it :  and 
that  the  buildings  be  so  constructed  that  the  reading-room  of  each  departmental  librarj' 
would  be  on  ap])roximately  the  same  level  with  that  of  the  central  building,  and  in  easy 
conmmnication  with  it  by  bridges  or  otherwise.  The  Commission  also  recommended  that 
the  central  library  building  be  erected  in  the  center  of  the  Midway  frontage,  flanked  on 
the  west  by  the  buildings  for  Modern  Languages  and  the  Classics,  and  on  the  east  by  tliat 
of  the  Historical  and  Social  Science  (irouj).  'I'lie  Haskell  Oriental  Museum  liad  already 
been  built.  The  Law  lUiilding  wils  completed  in  April.  I'.tok  These  two  buildings  bounded 
on   the  west   and   east   sides   respectively   a  court   of  which   the  central   library   building  now 


forms  the  south  side.  The  Divinity  School  wris  assiytu-d  space  north  of  the  Haskell  Oiicnlal 
.Miiscuni.    and    IMiilosophy  and    l*s\ciiol()<fy.    tioilli   of  the    I, aw   School. 

'I'entative  plans  tor  all  Ihe  i)nildin<fs  of  llie  Lihrarv  (.loiip  as  thus  planned  were  drawn 
in  connection  with  the  pii-paiat  ion  o!'  the  report  of  tiie  Coinniissiori.  Those  of  the  lihrai\- 
l)uildiii<r  itself  were  rei)eatedly  restudied  1)\-  the  aiciiilects,  Shepley,  llutan  \:  C<»(jlid<re,  in 
the  next  six  years,  and  suhniitted  for  criticism  not  only  to  the  Hoard  of  Trustees,  hut  U> 
man\'   of  the  lihrarians  of  the  country. 

On  the  death  of  Tresident  Harper  in  January.  1 '.•(»(;.  there  was  a  widespread  feelinjf  that 
there  should  he  erected  on  the  main  (piadranyle  of  the  I'niversity  some  |)ermanent  and  worthy 
memtyial  of  its  first  President,  to  whose  courage,  ener<fy,  l)road  vision,  and  farsij^htedness 
the  Tniversity  was  so  lar<>ely  indebted  for  the  progress  it  had  made  in  the  first  fifteen  years 
of  its  existcnci'.       it    was  soon   decided   that   that   memorial   should    take   the  form   of  a   central 


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First-l'loor   Plan   of   the   l.ilirary   Gr4iu|> 

library  building  erected  in  aecordanee  with  the  plan  which  President  Harper  hinist-lf  had 
taken  i)art  in  sha]Mng. 

Mr.  .lohn  1).  Roekefeller  |)romised  to  gi\e  three- fourths  of  whatever  amount  should 
be  given  for  this  purpose  up  to  !{i8()(),00().  To  meet  this  condition  over  .f^'iOO.OOO  was 
subscribed  and  duly  paid  by  over  two  thousand  individual  givers.  Including  the  above  sums 
and  the  interest  which  accrued  before  and  during  the  i)rocess  of  building,  the  total  ot'  the 
Harper  Memorial  liibrary  funil  somewhat  exceeded  one  million  dollars.  Of  this  sum  aj^proxi- 
mately  .$800, 000  was  spent  ujjon  the  building  and  its  furniture,  and  over  .f 200, 000  set  aside 
as  an  endowment  fund  for  the  physical  maintenance  of  the  building. 

(Jround  was  broken  January  10,  1!)10,  the  fourth  anniversary  of  the  death  of  President 
Harper.  The  cornerstone  was  laid  June  14.  11)10.  The  building  was  completed  in  .lune, 
11)12,   two  years  and  five  months  from  the  breaking  of  the  ground. 


The  Harper  Memorial  Library  was  designed  by  Shepley.  Rutaii  c^-  Coolidge.  It  gives 
the  I'niversity  another  illustration  of  English  Ciothic  architecture  of  the  collegiate  type, 
inspired  by  the  examples  of  King's  College  Chapel  of  Cambridge,  and  Magdalen  College 
and  Christ  Church  of  Oxford.  The  Library  is  not  copied  from  any  particular  building,  but 
the  features  of  its  design  have  their  origin  in  the  motives  of  those  ancient  buildings,  and  it  is 
wi-ought  in  that  style  of  architecture  to  meet  present-day  needs.  It  is  believed  that  the  result 
gives  an  atmosphere  of  dignity  and  charm  to  this  important  central  building  of  the  Uni\  ersity. 

The  main  features  both  of  the  Harper  Memorial  Library,  and  of  the  whole  group  of 
which  it  is  the  central  member,  were  laid  down  in  the  report  of  the  Commission  of 
1002.  The  main  reading-room  is  on  the  third  tloor  of  the  middle  section  of  the  building. 
Adjoining  it  in  the  West  Tower  is  the  Public  Catalogue  and  General  Delivery  room.  From 
this  Hoor  bridges  lead  immediately  to  the  libraries  in  the  Haskell  Oriental  Museum  and  the 


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Second*  Floor    l*lan   of   ihe    Library   (jr«»iip 

Law  Huilding.  Eventually  there  will  also  be  immediate  communication  with  the  reading-rooms 
of  the  other  buildings  of  the  (iroup,  which  still  remain  to  be  built.  The  general  adminis- 
trative offices  and  working- rooms  of  the  libraries  are  on  the  second  Hoor.  Other  offices  and 
rooms  for  special  collections  are  provided  in  the  fourth.  fit\h.  and  sixth  stories  of  the  two 
towers.  The  book  stacks  rest  directly  on  the  ground,  and  are  carried  indei)endently  of  the 
building.  The  first  Hoor.  with  the  exception  of  the  East  Tower  stack,  is  temporarily  given 
up  to  classrooms  and  a  suite  of  offices  for  the  President  of  the  I'niversity.  With  the 
exception  of  the  space  reserved  for  corridors,  this  Hoor  will  eventually  be  wholly  occupied  by 
stacks.  The  Historical  and  Social  Science  Group,  whose  building  is  to  be  built  just  cast  of  the 
new  building,  is  for  the  present  given  space  for  a  graduate  reading-room  and  departmental  offices 
in  the  third,  fourth,  fifth,  and  sixth  floors  of  the  East  Tower.  The  departmental  libraries 
of  Philosophy  and   the    .Modern    Language  (iroup  will    be   located   in   the   ^^'est  Tower  until 


sucli  tinu'  ;is  iiiorc  |i(iin;iiicnl  (|ii;irtns  can  l)c  piox  idcd,  or  the  s|)ac'f  is  rtiniircd  tor  less 
s|)t'ciali/i'(l  pniposcs.  Scmiiiai'  rooms  arc  also  |)ro\  idcd  t'oi'  all  llicsc  dcparl  iiiciits.  The  com- 
pletion of  this  (Jroii])  ;ieeordiii<f  to  the  plan  iridieuteci  abow  will  give  all  these  departments 
space  in  hiiildini^s  of  their  own.  hut  with  their  libraries  in  inuncdiate  connection  with  the 
(;eneral    Library. 

There  are  four  entrances  to  the  Ilarper  .Memorial  Lihrarw  three  from  the  north  and 
one  tVom  the  south.  Access  can  also  be  had.  over  the  brid^fes,  from  the  Flaskell  Oriental 
Museum  and  the  Law  Huildiny.  in  each  tower  a  passenger  elevator  and  two  stairways 
extend  tlu'  whole  heiyht  of  the  building.  Klectric  book-lifts  likewise  run  the  whole  height 
of  eacJi  tower,  from  lower  basement  to  sixth  Hoor.  Pneumatic  tubes  for  the  conveyance  of 
book  orders  and  charge-cards  connect  various  |)arts  of  the  building.  Speaking-tubes  and 
telephones  facilitate  viva  voce  connnunication. 


Third-Floor  Plan  of  the  Library  Group 

The  demand  for  beauty  has  been  met  mainly  in  the  general  design  and  proportions  of 
the  building,  in  the  towers,  the  highest  point  of  whose  turrets  is  18.)  feet  abo\e  the  ground, 
in  the  stone  carvings,  both  interior  and  exterior,  and  especially  in  the  gri'at  reading-room. 
The  subjects  of  the  carvings  have  been  carefully  selected  with  a  view  to  their  a|)|)ro]iriateness 
to  the  l)uilding.  Among  them  are  the  printers"  marks  of  many  of  tlu-  early  printeis.  and  the 
coats  of  arms  of  some  sixty  uni\  ersities,  American  and  foreign.  In  the  main  reading-room  are 
the  coats  of  arms  of  eight  American  and  eight  Kuro|)can  and  .\siatic  nni\  ersities.  The  newly 
adopted    coat    of  arms    of  the    I'nixcrsity   of  Chicago    has    lu'cn    used    in    a    numhi'r   of    |)laces. 

The  center  court,  bounded  on  the  south  by  the  I,ihrary  Huilding.  on  the  t-ist  by  the 
Law  School,  and  on  the  west  h\  the  Haskell  Oriental  Musemn.  will  he  known  as  Harper 
Court,  and  e\entuall\  then'  will  stand  in  the  center  ot  it  a  bron/.e  statue  ot  ''■ 
Harper. 


Harper   Memorial    Library    from  the   North 

Inscriptions  and  Symbolic  Designs 

In  tlie  stone  c-u'vinors.  both  exterior  und  interior,  in  addition  to  the  tnuhtional  designs 
eliaracteristic-  of  the  (iothie  arehiteeture,  mueh  use  has  been  made  of  tlie  eoats  of  arms  of 
European,  American,  anil  Asiatic  imiversities,  and  of  the  printers"  marks  of  the  most  famous 
European  printers.  The  folloAvinsj  is  a  list  of  the  uiii verities  and  colleges  whose  coats  of 
arms  or  seals  arc  carved  on  the  exterior  of  the   building,   arranged  according  to  location: 


Oil  the   Sc»ii(h   FHevatioii 

Hetween  the  first-  and  sccond-storv  windows  of  the   West   Tower: 


West  Sidk:    Toroiitu 
McGill 


Ckntkr  :    Williams  Ainherst 

Bowdoiii  Brown 


()\cr  the  third-story   window  of  tlu'   West   Tower,    from   Iclt   to  right 

9.     Salamanca 


1.  IxikIiiii 

'Z.  Leyilen 

3.  Guttingen 

V.  rpNal.i 


5.  Aberdeen 

fi.  Brussels 

7 .  Paris 

.s.  Berlin 


10.     Leipzig 

I  1 .      Heiilelberg 

\'i.     Geneva 


East  Side:    Dublin 

Edinburgh 


13.     Manchester 
14-.     \'ienna 


()\cr  the  tiiird-story   window  of  the   Ea.st  Tower: 

7   Oxford   sliields,  and   7   Canibridtte  shields,  0   Oxford  Colleges   preceding  Oxford  L'niversitv  .  .-iiid   (i  Cambridge 

Colleges  following  Cambridge  University  : 

I.     New  College               .i.     Magdalen  8.     Cand>ridge   University                 \'i.     Trinity 

•i.     Christ  Church             ti.     Trinity  !•.      IVterliouse                                        l.S.      Knnnaiuiel 

.•{.     Balliol                           7.     Oxford    Iniv.rsity  10.     IVnibroke                                       14.     St.   Johns 

^.     Oriel  11.      Kings 

On   tlic   parapet   over  the  central   window  of  the   Keailing-Room : 

'I'he   L'niversitv   of  Chicago 


Oil    (lie    N'ordi    I<;ifviiti<>ii 


( )\  cr    (lie    I  liird-sloiy    w  iiidow 

West     ■I'duci- 


I.  Il.'irv.'inl 

'J.  N(ii-lli\\c^t<-fii 

.'>.  I  luli.'lll.'l 

I .  .Iiiliiis    I  lii|ikiiis 


.'>.        M  IIIIHSOI.I 

li.      Micliiy.'iM 
7.      I'riiu-i-toii 


I'.Msl  I'liwcr 

I.      WiscDiisiii  ."),      I'riiJisvh.'iiiia 

^.      Dciiisoii  ti.     Vassjir 

.'i.     Conifll  7.     CalifViniia 

I-.     ('oluml)ia 


Over  the  sccoiid-stoiv    windows   al)()\c   llic   main   entrance   to   the    WesI    'I'owcr: 

I-      ''■'I"'  '■^-      N  iiMiiii.-i  ,'J.      Illinois  k      Lrlaiid    Slaiifoni    .liiiiior 

()\er   the   main   entrance  of  I  lie    >\'est    Tower  are   tlie  coats  of  arms   of: 

1.       riic    I   ni\cisil\    <,r  Cliu-.i;^,,  ','.      'l-lu-    Inilcil    Sl;itcs   oT   AriH-iic.-i 

On   the    parajH't    o\<'r  the    Keadiny-Hoom   are   the   coats  of  arms  of: 

I-      Aiin.-ipc.li-,  -2.     ■rii,.    Iiiilrd    Sl.ilcs   iil'  Airicric:i  .'{.     West    i'oiiit 

C)\er  the  ciwitral    north   entrance   is   [\\v   following   inscription: 

l\      MIMdin      ol 

W  ILI,IA.M    UAIXKV   II  A  |{  l'KI{ 

llliSI-     I'HKSIDKN  r    Ol- 
Till.     INIVKKSITY    Ol'    CllUWliO 

On   the   parapt't   o\er  the  center  of  tiie    Keadiny-lJoom   are  the   words: 

Scifiicf,    Art,    l>ilcr;itiiic 


Harper   iMeiiioriHl    l^ilirary    f  r«>iii    the   Soiilli  \vet«l 


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ILLINOIS 


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I.  ..i  -  i 


In  the  Kutrance   Hall  of  the   West  To-wer 

Oil  the  south  wall  the  following  inscription  appeui-s  on  a  brass  tablet: 


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TO    HONOR    THE    MEMORY    OF 

WIT.TTAM   RATXF.Y  HARPER 

FIRSl     rUESlUENT    0¥   THE    UNIVEKSlTY    OF    tHlCACiO 

BORN    18j6    DIED    1906 

THIS    eriLDIXG    WAS    ERECTED 

BY    GIFTS    OF   THE    ForXDER    OF   THE    UNIVERSITY 

MEMBERS    OF   THE    BOARD    OF    TRUSTEES    AND    FACULTIES 

ALUMXI     STUDENTS    AND    OTHER    FRIENDS 

A.D.     191^ 

riie  tbllowiiiij  jji-intei-s"  marks  are  cai\ ed  on  the  stone  eorbels  supporting 
the  oak  beams  of  the  ceiling:  on  the  south  side  from  east  to  west: 
on  the  north  side  from  west  to  east: 

1.  The  device  oi  Johann  Frobeii.  Biisle.  the  last  yeai-s  of  the  fifteenth 
century  and  the  first  tjuarter  of  the  sixteenth.  (Two  hands  holding  ujmght  a 
caduceus.  on  which  is  perched  a  bird.    The  two  serpents  are  crowned. )  Frohcn. 

2.  De\  ice  introduced  by  Chrlsfophcr  Phtntin  of  Antwerjj  about  the 
middle  of  the  sixteenth  century.  (A  pair  of  comi)asses  directed  by  a  hand.) 
Lahore  et  Conxfantiu. 

3.  Device  of  Gcrardiix  Jfohw/idfiiis.  Ant^verp.  HiNt  (|uarter  of  the 
seventeenth  century.  (An  anchor  held  by  two  hands  reaching  from  the 
clouds.     The  (i reek  letters  Alpha  and  Omega  and  Chi  Rho. )     Concordia. 

4.  Device  of  Mdrcii.s  .liimdorus.  ^'enice,  1.5()!>.  (A  stork.)  J'/j^i/nf 
HIT  Fati.scit. 

On  the  stairway  in  the  West   Hall,   half-way  up  the  fii-st  fliirht   is  the 

Coat  of  arms  of  thtr  L  niversitv  of  Chicago 


lit    flir    Miiiii    ICrnil  i  iit^>  ICootii    i»ii    llit*    'I'liird    T'Ioih- 

In  llif  ccilinu  llir  coal  ol  arms  ul'  the  I  iii\ci-si(y  of  I'liicaiid  and  the 
nioiiourain    ILML   (lljirpcr    Mcinoiial    Lihrary)  arc   repeated. 

()li  the  eorlx'ls  sii  iiporl  iiil;'  I  he  eediiii;  arches  are  |iiiiilers"  marks.  ari-aMucil 
I'll  the  north  si<h'  from  wist  to  east,  and  on  the  sonlh  side  t'roni 
cast    to    west,    in    the   lono\\iny  order: 

1.  One  of  the  devices  nscd  hy  the  I'Uwvirs  of  .\mslerdam.  l-'irst 
nsi'd  l)y  Isaac  I<',l/e\  ir  in  l(i"J().  (,\n  chn  tree  over  \vhi<'h  a  vine  is  yrowiny': 
undt'r   it    a    hi'rmit.  )      Xoii   Solus. 

2.  Device  of   ll'////iiiii   Ciuioii.  the  first   English    |)rintcr.  1 47(i  !)1. 

.'}.  Device  iA'  .Jdhdiiinx  ('(ilini/hiiis.  Devcnter.  middle  of  seventeenth 
century.  (.Vn  open  hook  disphiyed  on  the  breust  of  the  IMui'iiix.  and 
inscribed  with  the  (ireek  Icttt'rs  Alplia  and  ( )niet>'a. )      liciKivdliitiir. 

4.  Device  of  Ilcinmiii-  Ciro.ssc.  I>ei|)/iLi\  l)cii'iiminy  of  tlie  seven- 
teentli   centnrv.      (Ilercnles   with    hon    skin    and    chil). )     .SVc    /////■  (td  J.slni. 

.5.  Device  of  Ci iiilliiii iiic  lioiiillc.  Lyons.  l.)4.')  to  about  l.")'.l().  (An 
e:iyle  arising  on   a  <>lobe.  two  seri)cnts. )      ///    J^iiiiilc  cf   Fartuiid. 

(!.  Device  used  l)y  TlioiiKts  rdiitroHicr,  London  and  Kdinl)iiroh. 
about  lo(>5-l()().5:  also  l)v  .JdIiii  Xo/io/i.  London,  beginning;  of  tlie  scvcn- 
teentli  century.  (An  anchor  lield  by  a  liaiid  reaching  from  the  clouds.) 
^Iiic/iiira  Spci. 

7.  De\  ice  by  Tlicodosius  RilnTius.  Strasburg,  third  (piarter  of  the 
sixteenth   century.      (A   winged   woman.) 

5.  Dt'vice  introduced  i)y  Aldus  Mti)/u/ius,  in  l.)()2,  founder  of  the 
great  N'eiictiau  house  of  Aldis.  which  pnl)lishe(l  books  from  about  14'.».j  to 
the  opening  of  the  seventeenth   century. 


mm-' 


MINNESOTA 


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COLUMBIA 


La 


PENNSYLVANIA 


Sorerii   iit    Kiist    Ktitl   t>[    lieii<liiiit-l<o(»iii 


Oil    the   si-reeu    at    tlie    west    eiul    are    tlie   eoats   of  arms   of  the    followiiiij   univei-sities  of  the 
AVestern   Hemisjihere : 


Harvani 

Y.ile 


Johns  Hopkins 
Columbia 


Michigan 
Wisconsin 


California 
Chicago 


Above  tlie  sereeii.  on  tlie  wall  of  tlie  oallerv.  is  the  followinu:  iiiseriptioii.  earved  in  the  stone: 
■■Read   not   to  eontradiet.   nor  to   believe,   but  to  weigh   and   consider. "" 

On    the   sereen   at    the   east    end   are    the   coats    of   amis    of  the    fol!owin<if    univei-sities   of  the 
Ejisterii  Hemisphere : 


Oxfonl 
Cambridge 


Paris 
Berlin 


St.  Petersburg 
Bologna 


Tokyo 
Calcutta 


Above  the  sereen.   on  the  wall  of  the  yallerv.   is  the  foUowino;  inseription : 

'■^^'hatsoever  thiiiiis  were  written  aforetime  were  written   for  our  learnino-. 


KaHt   Tower  Through    fhr   Tr 


The  I  iiiv<M'si<v  Si(o 

Tl  I  I'i  ofiuiiiiil  site  ol  the  I  ni\(isit\  consisted  ol  I  luce  l)lrMks  ol  yroiiml  f\t<'n<lin<f  IV<iiii 
l'"irt\ -sixth  Sti-cct  to  l-'il't  \ -niiit  li  Street  hetwceii  h'JIis  and  dreenwood  a\eniies.  Tiie 
location  ol  the  I  ni\ei-sily  on  this  site  was  delei-innied  l)y  the  L;cneions  donation  ol  one- 
hall'  of  the  tln-ee  l)locl<s  hy  Mr.  MiirsJiall  I'ield.  and  the  proller  of  the  other  lialf  for  a  \  cry 
irasoiiable  price.  This  yaNc  tlu'  I'liiversity  a  trontayc  on  the  Midway  I'laisanee  of  less  than 
tb\n'  liiMulrcd  feet. 

'I'his  was  in  ISltO.  In  IS'.ll  1)\  the  exchange  of  one  of  these  three  blocks  and  the 
iJurcliMse  of  another  the  I 'ni\  crsit)'  ac(|iiire(l  a  t  i-aet  of  four  i)locks.  having  a  frontage  of" 
eiu'ht  hundred  feet  on  the  Midway  IMaisance  and  a  dejith  of  twcl\e  hnndr<(l  feet.  Since 
that  time  thi'  I 'ni\  t'rsit  \'  has  adck'd  so  hiru'cly  to  the  oriyinal  site  i)y  purchases  made  possd)le 
by  tile  lil)erality  of  Mr.  .lolui  I).  Hoekefeller.  that  the  u'l-ounds  now  extend  alony  the  .Midway 
Plai.saiice  on  both  sidi's  from  Cotta<);c  (iroxf  .Vxcnue  to  .Madison  .\\cnue.  a  distance-  of  about 
tliree-ipiartcrs  of  a  mile,  and  include  nearly  one  hundred  acres.  At  the  east  end  of  the 
Midwa\'  riaisance  is  .laekson  Park  lyiny  alonn'  the  slioie  of  Laki'  .MichiLTan.  and  at  the 
west   end   is   \N'ashinyton    Park. 

'I'lu'  first  architect  of  the  L'iii\  ersity.  Mr.  Henry  ixesC'obb,  desinned  all  the  l)uildinys 
built    i)re\  ious  to   I'.XK). 


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Cobb  Lecture  Hall 

Cobb  Lecture  Hall  was  the  first  t-lassrooni  building  of  the  Univei-sity.  The  donor  of 
the  greater  part  of  the  funds  for  its  erection  was  Mr.  Silas  T?.  Cobb,  one  of  the  early  settlers 
of  Chicago.  In  making  his  great  gift  of  $150,000.  later  increased  to  $1(5.5.000.  Mr.  Cobb 
wrote:  "As  my  yeai-s  increase,  the  desire  grows  upon  me  to  do  something  for  the  city  which 
has  been  my  home  for  nearly  sixty  years."  ^^.^^l^,^     pj^^„     ^^.^^^     ^.^^,^^. 

l)letcd  in  October.  18i)-2.  Its 
total  cost  was  .S-J-il.<)5().03. 
In  it  the  I'niversity  con- 
ducted all  its  classroom  and 
administrative  work  during 
the  \ear   18n2  '.);3. 

His  contribution  to  its 
erection  was  an  occasion  of 
peculiar  satisfaction  to  Mr. 
CobI)  to  the  end  of  his  life. 
The  ijuilding  has  been  the 
center  of  I'liivcisity  life  for 
twcntv   vcaiN. 


Convoralion    Prorrnniiin    i*n*»Minft   C'ohb   Hall 


The  Graduate  and  Divinity  Dormitories 

Tn  September.  18!)().  Mr.  .lolin    1).    liocket'eller  ua\  c  to  tlic   I 'iiiversity  :i  siibscrii)tu)n  of 
.$1. GOO. ()()().   (Icsio-natinu   .flOO, ()()()    for   the    construction    of   Ijiiildiiiys   for  the   l)i\iiiity   Scliool. 

l-'ollo\vin<>'  tliis  subscription  tlie  erection  of  thix'c  buildings  for  the  residence  of  sludints 
was  |)lanned.  These  were  North,  or  Graduate  Hall,  ;ind  Middle  and  South  Divinity  Malls. 
The  plans  wei'e  made  in  connection  with 
those  of  Cobb  Hall,  and  the  buildinus  were 
finished  and  occu])ied  at  the  same  time. 
Octobei-.  IS'.fJ.  The  cost  of  these  three 
buiklinu's  was  Jt^l7"i,S().).7"^.  (iraduate  and 
South  Divinitj'  Halls  honse  forty-six  stu- 
dents each,  and  Middk'  l)i\init\'  ninetv-two. 


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Snell  Hall 

.\l)out  the  middle  of  the  year  18<»-i 
Mrs.  Hi'urielta  Snell  ainiounced  to  President 
Harper  that  she  would  contribute  $.)().()()() 
for  the  erection  of  a  hall  lor  men.  in  memorx' 
of  her  husband.  Amos  .1.  Snell.  The  bnild- 
inif  was  located  at  the  coiner  of  l''Jlis  .\\enne 
and  l''ifty-se\  cut  h  Street,  and  was  finished  and 
occupied  in  .\pril.  lS!i;5.  It  houses  about 
sixty  students,  and  cost  .%78,j8(i.H .  l-',arl\- 
yraduatt's  of  the  I'nixcM-sity  remember  it  as 
the  center  of  underuraduale   life. 


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Kelly  Hall 

In  tlie  spring  of  18!»2  the  L'ni- 
\ersity  undertook  the  raising  of  one 
milhon  doHars  in  ninety  days.  It 
was  in  connection  with  this  effort 
tiuit  Mrs.  Ehzabeth  C;.  Kelly  made 
the  fii-st  of  her  three  contributions  for 
buildings.  She  gave  $.50,000  toward 
tlie  cost  of  tlie  residence  hall  for 
women  which  licurs  her  name.  Kelly 
Hall  cost  8(>"2.14'.t.-_'l.  It  wtLs  com- 
pleted in  the  summer  of  1893.  and 
was  tii-st  (H-cupicd  by  students  Octo- 
l)er  1  of  that  year.  It  has  rooms  for 
forty-two  women,  including  jnirlor 
and  dining-room.  Mis.  Kelly's  inter- 
est was  such  that  she  alst)  gave  the 
money  for  the  building  of  Green 
Hall,  and  at  her  death  left  a  fund  of 
S150.000  for  a  third  l)uilding.  yet  to 
be  erected. 


Mary  Bc^eeher  Hall 

In  connection  with  the  "'million- 
dollars-in-ninety-days"  effort  in  189'2. 
Mrs.  Mary  Beecher  also  gave  the 
University  SjO.OOO  for  the  erection 
of  a  residence  iiall  for  women,  to  bear 
lier  name.  Its  construction  went  on 
in  conjunction  with  that  of  Kelly  Hall. 
and  it  also  was  finished  in  the  sum- 
mer of  18!».-{.  and  oi)ened  to  stiuknts 
Octolx'r  1  of  that  year.  It  is  of 
the  same  size  as  Kelly  Hall,  has 
rooms  for  forty-two  students,  and  cost 
$(>-J. ]•_'(;. 0.5.  .Mrs.  Ikccher's  husband. 
Jerome  Heecher,  one  of  the  old 
settlers  of  Chicago,  was  one  of  our 
citizens  who  contributed  to  the  origi- 
nal fund  for  the  founding  ol'  the 
I'niversity.  having  given  $.)()()  toward 
the  million  d<»llars  raised  for  that 
|)uri)ose  in    iss'.i  '.m. 


The   >V.,iitr»V   Kfxiaeiice    lialU.    .Naiii>    1  oxler   Hall   at   Ritht 

Nancy  Foster  Hall 

III  .Tunc  IS'.t'J.  .Mrs.  Xaiicv  S.  Foster  sul)scribed  $.)0,()()()  to  proxidr  a  ri'sidcncc  biiildiiitj 
for  women.  On  learniiif:^  that  the  cost  must  lartjely  exeeed  tlic  sum  sul)scribed,  .Mrs.  Foster 
ifenerously  jirovided  the  full  eost  of  the  l)uil(lin<r.  .$()2.9()(>.H().  It  was  finislied  in  Oetober, 
181)3.  In  I'.tOO  Mrs.  Foster  made  a  new  contribution  of  !t^2().-t(if).()4  for  the  purpose  of 
extendin.u'  tht'    Hall   to   the  west.      The    Hall    now   provides   a   home    for   sixty-ei,<>ht   students. 


Green  Hall 

.Mrs.  Kli/.al)eth  (i.  Kelly,  who  in 
IH'.fi  uave  .$.)().()()()  for  the  ereetion  of 
Kelly  Hail,  in  ISltS  made  a  ut-w  contri- 
bution for  another  residence  for  women. 
This  l)uildinu'  was  o])cncd  to  studi'iits 
January  1.  IS'.i'.i.  It  beinu  found  that 
the  Hall  had  cost  ST'J.OOO.  Mrs.  Kelly 
fjave  the  necessary  amount.  She  de- 
sired ill  ii'i\iny'  this  l)uildiiii>-  to  lioiioi' 
the  iiK'mory  oi  her  pai'cnts.  and  it  tlR'i'c- 
fore  bears  the  name  of  (irt-cn  Hall.  It 
pro\  itles  a  home  for  si\ty-se\  en  students. 


Walker  ^Iiisoiiiu 

111  July.  18«f_'.  Mr. 
George  C.  Walker,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
subscribed  sidii.iiiiii  for  the 
erection  ot  a  Museimi  Build- 
ing. Mr.  \\'alker  believed 
that  the  development  of 
the  I  nivei-sity  presented  an 
unspeakable  opportunity  to 
l)eo]jle  of  wealth  in  Chicago 
to  l)uilil  their  own  lives  into 
what  was  highest  in  the  Hfe 
of  the  city.  He  therefore 
—  embraced  with  great  enthu- 

siasm the  opportunity  to 
builil  the  Museum,  and  generously  permitted  much  of  its  space  to  be  used  for  classroom 
jjurposes  by  the  Departments  of  Geology  and  Cieography  until  a  building  for  these  depart- 
ments   should    be    secured.       Walker    Museum    was    dedicated    in    October,     1893.       It    cost 

.SlOtt.L'To.ll. 

Kent  Chemical  Laboratory 

Kent  Chemical  Laboratory  was  made  possible  through  the  munificence  of  Mr.  Sidney  A. 
Kent,  long  resident  and  well  known  in  Chicago.  Proposing  to  give  -SIjO.OOO  for  the  build- 
ing, he  ended,  in  order  to  make  it  as  complete  as  possible,  by  giving  S20'i.'270. 19,  the  full  cost 
of  the  Laboratory.  Mr.  Kent  also  generously  furnished  the  laboratory  ecjuipment.  The  building 
was  formally  turned  over  to  the  University  January  1.  1894.  Mr.  Kent  said  at  that  time: 
"If  in  any  small  measure  the  work  ot  my  life  can  contribute  to  the  advancement  of  knowledge 
and  the  greater  hap])iness  of  men:  if  this  can  be  done  in  this  city,  where  my  busy  days 
liave  been  spent  and 
Avhere  my  heart  is.  and 
if,  as  I  believe,  we  who 
have  aided  in  the  work 
of  erecting  this  great 
L'niversity  have  heli)ed 
to  lay  the  foundations 
of  what  can  never  be  de- 
stroyed. I  feel  in  this 
work  a  i>ride  and  a  ha])i)i- 
ness  that  has  never  been 
equaled  in  my  life."  Mr. 
Kent  crowned  his  benefi- 
cence by  providing  a 
lund  of  s.)(».()tK)  for  the 
care  of  the   Laboratorv. 


Ryersoii  Physical  Laboratory 

Among  tlu'  many  contributions  to  the  Tniversity  of  Mr.  Martin  A.  Kyerson,  President 
of  tlie  Hoard  of  Trustees,  is  the  Physical  Laboratory.  This  buildiuir  was  erected  by  the 
donor  as  a  memorial  of  his  fatlier.  Martin 
Ryerson,  one  of  the  leading  business  men 
of  Chicago  of  his  day.  The  cost  of  the 
Laboratory  was  .$-20(),871.41.  To  this  con- 
tribution .Mr.  llyerson  added  the  complete 
e(iuii)ment  and  furniture  of  the  building. 
Finished  and  occupied  at  the  begiiming  of 
1894,  the  Laboratory  was  dedicated  July  2, 
18i)4.  On  .luly  20.  1<»10.  Mr.  Ryerson 
informed  the  Trustees  that  '"on  account  of 
the  progress  of  the  science  of  Physics,'"  and 
because  it  was  "evident  that  the  demands 
ui)on  the  Laboratory  space  will  soon  exceed 
its  cai)acity.""  lie  |)ro|)()sed  to  make  improve- 
ments in  the  i)resent  building  and  its  ecpiip- 
ment,  and  to  erect  and  c(|uii)  an  amiex.  All 
tliis  has  been  done  at  ai\  ex|)ensc  to  Mr. 
Ryerson  of  about  .^'JOO, ()()(),  giving  the  I'ni- 
versity  an  ideal  provision  for  the  Depart- 
ment of  Phj'sies. 


The  Hull  Biological  Laboratories 


IX  December,  18J».5.  Miss  Hikii 
C'uher  (•(iniimiiiii'atfd  to  \\h- 
Trustees  her  purpose  to  conwv 
to  tlie  University  ])ro]X'rty  \:ilue(l 
by  her  ;it  approximately  81.000.000, 
■"to  be  devoted  to  the  increase  and 
sj^read  of  knowledge  within  the  field 
of  the  Biological  Sciences."  Miss 
Culver  said:  "'Amoiio-  the  motives 
pn)iH|)tinL!'  this  yitt  is  the  desire  to 
carry  out  the  ideas  and  to  honor 
the  nieiuory  of  Mr.  Charles  .1.  Hull. 
who  was  for  a  considerable  time  a 
nienil)t'r  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  the  old  I  niversity  of  Chicago." 
Early  in  1896  she  conveyed  the  prop- 
erty to  the  University.  Out  of 
Miss  Culver's  great  contribution  the 
sum  of  •'^.'J'i.i.OOO  was  set  aside  for 
the  erection  of  four  l)uildings  to 
(■(institute  the  Biological  (irouji.  To 
carry  out  the  i)urpose  of  the  donor, 
till'  four  ])uildings  erected  severally 
toi-  instruction  and  laboratory  work 
in  Physiology.  Anatomy.  Zoology, 
and  l?otan\ .  were  gi\  en  the  name 
The  Hull  Biological  Laboratories. 
They  were  built  to  form  a  (piadrangle 
known  as  Hull  Court,  and  were  so 
connecteil  by  arcades  that  one  can 
walk  under  coxer  from  one  building 
to  and   through  all  tiic  others. 

In  con\  eying  the  ])ro])erty  .Miss 
Cul\ei-  wrote:  "The  connection  of 
the  nanii'  and  memory  of  .Mr.  Hull 
with  the  work  to  be  done  is  no 
small  consideration  in  my  eyes,  and  I 
lio|ic  ni\"  ))rovision  concerning  it  may 
he  full\  and  broadly  carrii'd  out." 
A  hci'oic  bi'on/e  bust  of  .Mr. 
11  nil.  a  recent  gift  Iroin  .Miss  Culxcr. 
will  soon  l)e  placed  in  Hull  Couil. 
'I'lic  i  1  nil  (irouj)  is  located 
hi'twcen    l-'ilt  \-se\  cntli  Sti-eet   on  the 


The   /.<><>li>ii>     lliiadi 


noi'lh  ,-iii(l  the  Kent  and  Hycrsoii 
lahofatnrics   on    llic  soiilli. 

'I'lic  coriicrstoiu's  of  llic  luiii- 
1 1  nil  l)i()l()!iical  I  ,ai)(ii-at()rit's  wri'c 
laid  July  ;>.  IS'.m;.  ill  coiiiicctioii 
witli  tin'  (^niiKniciinial  t't'lcbratioii  ol 
the  r<)iiiidiiii;-  of  I  lie  I  'iii\  crsitw  'I" lie 
laboratories  wrw  dtdicatid.  in  con- 
nection with  the  Nineteenth  Con- 
\oeali(Hi.  on  .lnl\'  "J.  IS'.l?.  .Miss 
t'nher  presenlt'd  tlii'  hnildinys  to  the 
I 'ni\  tTsity.  and  President  llariiei' 
accepted  theni  tor  the  l>oard  ol 
'I'rnstees.  In  these  I'onr  lal)oratories 
till'  work  of  tiie  .Medical  students  is 
conducted.  In  addition  to  Anatoni.w 
Pliysioloyy.  Zoi)lou>  .  and  I?otany. 
the  Departments  of  KinliryoioiiV. 
Physiological  Cheniistrx,  Pathology, 
and  Hacterioloyy  find  tlieir  homes 
in  the  Hull  Hioloyical  Lal)oratories. 
Tliouuh  when  i  rectt'd  these  l)uildint>s 
were  belie\e(l  to  l)e  adeiiuate  tor 
the  uses  of  the  l?ioiooical  Depart- 
ments for  an  indefinite  period  to 
come,  so  yreatl\  ha\e  they  con- 
tributed to  the  yrowtii  of  these  depai't- 
ments  that  there  is  now  urgent  need 
of  additional   l)uildings. 

The  Hull  Court  affords  the 
only  example  as  yet  po.ssessed  by  the 
University  of  a  full\'  com])lete(l 
(luadranti'le  and,  in  connection  with 
Hitchcock  and  Snell  halls  on  the 
west  and  tlu'  'i'ower  (iroup  on  tlu' 
east,  u'ives  a  truer  idea  than  can  be 
uained  elsc'wlu're  of  tlu'  a])pt'arance 
which  tin'  (|ua(lraiiii'li's  will  present 
when,  tlu'  plan  tinallx'  com|)leted. 
each  of  the  four  sidi's  of  the  ureat 
([uadranifle  bounded  by  Fift\-se\  t'lit  h 
aiui  Fifty-ninth  streets  and  by  KIlis 
and  Lc'xinu'ton  a\enues  is  inclosed 
with  a  continuous  line  of  buildings. 
l)roken  only  l)y  suitable  and  impres- 
si\e  entranci's. 


TIk*    a  1111)41111  y    It  II  i  I  ill  II  li 


llio    l<o(uii>     Itiiihliiiu 


The    l*li>'siuluit>-   Uuildinii 


The  Yerkes  Observatory 

Tlie  Observatory,  with  its  -tO-iiu-li  refractor,  was  provided  through  the  Hberahty  of 
Mr.  Cliarles  T.  Yerkes.  It  stands  on  the  shore  of  Lake  Gene\  a  in  ^Visl•oIlsin.  on  ground 
donated  lu  Mr.  .lohit  .Tohnston.  Jr.  The  Observatory  grounds  eoiuprise  titt>-tive  aeres.  The 
site  is  iiigh  above  the  lake,  eonniianding  an  extensive  view.  Tlie  Observatory  was  begun  in 
IS'.K).  and  was  dedicated  October  21.  ISHT.  The  cost  of  tlie  Observatory  and  telescope  was 
!j>331».(it»!l.().j.  In  his  will  Mr.  Yerkes  made  adtlitioiial  provision  for  the  care  of  the  Observatory 
and   for  carrving  on   its   work. 


The  Haskell  Oriental  Museuiii 

The  contribution  of  .SIOO.OOO 
for  the  erection  of  the  Oriental 
Museum  was  the  largest  of  several 
jrifts  of  .Mrs.  Caroline  E.  Haskell  to 
the  I 'nivi'rsit  V.  This  gilt,  with  its 
accretions  of  interest,  fully  paid  lor 
the  building,  which  cost  $103,017.  f". 
The  cornerstone  was  laid  .Iul\  1. 
IS'.t.).  and  the  .Museum  was  dedi- 
cated .Fuly  •_'.  IHOC.  Mrs.  Haskell 
jjrcscntcd  the  building  to  the  I'ni- 
vcrsity  "in  honor  and  in  memory 
of  her  husband.  Kredcrick  Haskell. 
in  token  of  which  it  is  to  i)ear 
the  name  ot  Tht-  Haskell  Oriental 
Museum. "' 


Charles  Hitchcock  Hall 

On  Jumian-  1.  I'.KIO.  Mrs.  Annie  Hitclicoc-k  informed  tiie  Trustees  that  s\\v  desiri-d  to 
build  at  the  I 'nixersity  a  memorial  of  her  husband.  Mr.  Charles  Hiteheoek.  .Mi'.  Hiteheoek  had 
been  an  eminent  Chieayo  lawyer.  The  eornerstone  of  the  Charles  Hitelieock  Hall  was  laid  on 
June  1.),  1!»()1,  in  connection  with  the  Decennial  Celebration.  The  buildinu  was  Hnislud  in  Septem- 
ber, 11H)"2.  and  occii])ied  by  students  at  the  opening  of  the  autunm  (piarter.  It  cost  .Sl.5().4!»it.()S. 
It  has  rooms  for  ninety-three  students.  It  contains  also  a  clubrooni.  infirmary,  breakfast  room, 
and.  in  a  larye  and  beauti- 
ful room  on  the  first  floor, 
a  library,  the  <rift  of  Mrs. 
Hitchcock,  who  con- 
tinues to  take  a  li\  ely 
and  uenerous  interest  in 
the  house  and  the  welfare 
of  its  residents.  In  the 
library  iiw  |)oi-traits  ot' 
Mr.  Hitchcock  and  of  the 
gracious  donor  herself. 
The  architect  of  this 
building  was  Mr.  Dwiyht 
H.   Perkins. 


Ilili'lico.'k    mill    I.Mirar.v 


Emiuons  Blaine  Hall 

The  t'uiul  for  the  ereetion  of  this  Hall  was  part  of  a  niueh  greater  contribution  made 
by  Mi-s.  Anita  MeCormiek  Blaine  for  the  establishment  of  the  School  of  Education  of  the 
University  of  Chicairo.  first  ororanized  as  the  Chicago  Institute.  The  building  is  a  memorial 
of  Emmons   Blaine,   tiie  husband  of  the   donor,   and  the  son  of  Hon.   James  G.    Blaine. 

The  Hall  stands  on 
the  Midway  Plaisance.  and 
extends  from  Kim  bark 
Avenue  to  Monroe  Ave- 
nue, with  wings  reaching 
north  on  both  avenues.  It 
was  finished  early  in  r.)04. 
and  was  dedicated  on  May 
14  of  that  year.  Its  cost 
was  A3!>4..>10.7<>.  Within 
its  walls  the  C'(dlegc  of 
Education,  the  Elemen- 
tary School,  and,  in  |)art. 
the  I'niversity  High 
School,  conduct  their  work. 
The  architect  of  this  build- 
ing and  Bclficid  Hall  was 
Mr.  .Fames  (iambic  KugiiN. 


Gardens 


Belfield  Hall 

The  Chicago  Manual  Traiiiiiig  School  was  estalihshed  by  the  Commercial  Club  of  Chicago 
in  188.-3.  and  transferred  to  the  University  in  1897.  Until  the  erection  of  a  building  on  the 
grounds  of  the  Uni\ersity.  its  Avork  was  conducted  at  the  eoniei-  of  Michigan  A\c'iiue  and 
Twelfth  Street.  The  plans  of  the  new  building  were  a|)pro\  ed  in  Septendjer,  1902:  the 
cornerstone  was  laid  June  17.  1903;  the  building  was  occupied  in  part  November  9.  190.*}. 
and  it  was  dedicated  May  14.  1904.  In  it  two  University  Schools — the  Chicago  .Manna! 
Training  School  and  the  South  Side  Academy — were  united,  and  became  the  University 
High  School.  'I'lie  cost  of  the  building  was  '$220,128.84,  provided  maiidy  from  the  |)rocee(ls 
of  the  sale  of  the  old  Chicago  Manual  Training  School  property.  The  Hall  was  named  in 
honor  of  Henry   H.    IJelfield.    who  was  ])rincipal  of  the  School   for  many   years. 


The  University  Press 

The  funds  for  the  erection 
of  the  University  Press  Building 
were  given  l)y  the  founder  oi' the 
Unixersity.  The  cornerstone 
was  laid  .June  1.5,  1901.  and  the 
building  was  occupied  ()ctt)ber  1, 
1902.  It  cost  .$10.5.8.51.72.  exclu- 
sive of  its  e(|ui])ment.  It  housed 
the  Law  School  for  two  years,  and 
the  General  Library  for  ten  years. 
It  also  lurnishes  offices  for  the 
Auditor,  Registrar,  and  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  Hoard  of  Trustees. 


Hatchinson  Hal 


The  ToM'er  Group 


Till".  I  iiivei-sity  w:ls  enabled  to  erect  the  iJfioup  of  buildiiiirs  on  the  southwest  corner  of 
Fitty-seventh  Street  and  Lexintrton  A\enue  through  the  liberality  of  Charles  L. 
i  Iiitehinson.  John  .1.  Mitehell.  Leon  Mandel.  John  1).  Rockefeller.  Harold  F. 
McCorniick.  and  the  interest  of  the  executors  of  the  Joseph  Reyiiokls  estate.  The  formal 
oi>enincr  of  the  (irouj)  took  place  December  •_'•_'.  litOo.  thouixh  the  various  buildincrs  were 
finished  and  had  been  occupied  in  October.  The  cost  of  the  Cimup  was  !?>413.9"20. (JT. 
This  Ciroup  and  all  the  buildinus  sul)se(|uently  named  in  this  l)ook  were  planned  by 
MessiN.    She])ley.    Hutan   \-  Coolidsje. 

Iliitcliiiisoii    Hall 

The  .Men's  COnnnons  or  dininir- 
hall  was  named  in  honor  of  Mr.  Charles 
L.  Hutchinson,  who  at  this  time  added 
«<".(». 000  to  his  contrii)utions  to  thi 
I'niversity.  and  also  rendered  <freat 
service  in  the  construction  of  the  entin 
(iroup.  The  Commons  is  substantially 
a  replica  of  the  Hall  of  Christ  Church. 
Oxford.  Hesides  its  daily  use  it  pro- 
vides a  place  in  the  coui-se  i>t  tlic  year 
for  I>an<piets.  Convocation  dinnci-s.  and 
the   President's  receptions. 


Inferior  of    l.ron    .Mandrl    Aii»eiiibl>     Hall 


The  Loon  Mandel  Assembly  Hall 

On  Xoveiiiher  'i'.t.  IS'.l'J,  Mr.  Lron  Maiulrl,  one  of  tlie  <>iv:it  merchants  of  C'liica<fo. 
proffered  to  tlu"  l"iii\  ersity  !^.)(). ()()()  for  an  Assembly  Hall.  For  this  member  of  the  Tower 
(iroup  Mr.  Maiulel  eventually  made  his  contribution  .$75,000,  to  wliieh  he  later  added  $10. ()()() 
to  i)lace  the  fine  oryan  in  the  Hall.      The  cornerstone  was  laid  .lunt'   IS.  1 !)()!.      The   Hall   was 

finished  in  October.  1'.>().'J.  anil  formally  dedicated 
December  '2'2.  1903.  The  seating  caiiacity  of  the 
Hall  is  ele\en  hundred  and  forty.  In  it  nrv  held 
orchestra  concerts  and  dramatic  performances, 
daily  chapel  assemblies,  Sunday  preaching  ser\  ices, 
and   the   I'nixersity  Convocations. 

The  Mitchell  ToM^er 

The  'I'ower  was  named  in  honor  of  .lohn  .T. 
Mitchell,  i)resident  of  the  Illinois  Trust  anil 
Savin.n-s  Hank.  Mr.  Mitchell  contrii)uted  $.)0.000 
toward  the  cost  of  the  Ciruup.  this  being  but  one 
of  his  gifts  to  the  University.  The  Tower  is 
modeled  alter  .Magdalen  Tower.  ()\l'oril.  In  it 
are  hung  the  ten  Alice  Freeman  Palmer  bells: 
and  on  one  of  its  inti'rior  walls  is  a  has  relief  of 
Mrs.  Palmer.  It  iurnislus  the  principal  entrance 
to  the  entire   (iroup. 


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The  Reynolds  Club 

'I'he  Student  Club  House  is  a  meinoriiil  ol  Joseph  Reynolds,  who  for  many  years  eon- 
trolled  a  famous  line  of  steamboats  on  the  Mississippi  River.  He  died  in  18H1.  It  was  his 
desire  t«)  do  something 
for  boys  and  youny 
men.  His  widow  and 
exeeutors  |)resented. 
therefore,  to  the  I'ni- 
versity  a  lar<re  sum. 
and  from  it.  later,  desig- 
nated SHO.OOO  towanl 
the  e«)st  of  the  (iroup. 
The  building  is  the 
head<|uarters  of  the 
social  life  <it  l'iii\er- 
sity  men.  The  student 
ortranization  which 
occupies  it  is  called 
the   Reynolds  flub. 


tllO    i 

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The  Law  Buildiiiji 

The  Law  School  be.<>:in  its  worU  ( )rtohc'r  1.  11»(I-J.      t'ontracts  lor 
liuiklini)-  were  awarded  February  17.   I'Mni.      The  cornerstone  was  hiid 
then  President  of  the  United  States, 
on    April    2.    lOO.'}.       Tlie   building 
was    tinished    and    occupied   at    the 
opening  of  the  spring  (piarter.  1!)()4. 
It  cost  .t-248,G.}-J.8().      No  donor  be- 
ing found  in  Chicago  to  contribute 
the  money  for  the  Law  Huilding,  it 
was    advanced    by    Mr.    Rockefeller 
in  the  exi)ectation  that  such  a  donor 
would  some  time  api)ear.     Awaiting 
such    a    benefactor    of  the    Univer- 
sity, tlie  building  lacks  a  name.      A 
door  in   the  southwest  corner  of  its 
reading-room     gixcs     access    to  tlu' 
main    reading-room   of    t\\v    Harper 
Memorial  Libraiy. 

Law  Library  KeadinA^Kc 


•rcction 
licodorc 


of  the  I  ,aw 
Koosc\  eh. 


t.i«J7^-:^; 


The  Frank  Dickinson  Rartloft  Gymnasium 

On  September  H.  1 '.•()(!.  Mr.  A.  C  Bartlett,  a  trustee  of  the  I'nivei-sity.  coiiiiuunicuted 
to  tlic  Hoaril  his  purpose  to  make  a  hiriie  contribution  for  the  buildiuij  of  a  uynmasium  for 
men  as  a  memorial  tt)  his  son.  Frank  Dickinson  Bartlett.  then  recently  deceased.  TIk' 
cornerstone  of  the  buiidinij  was  laid  on  Thanksijivinij  Day.  November  28.  l!H)l.  The  dedi- 
cation took  place  January  "ilt.  l'.t()4.  The  buildinu  cost  s-_'87. 984.  •_'().  Mr.  Bartlett  said  at 
the  dedication:  "This  (iyninasium  is  the  fruition  of  a  youns;  life — a  life  in  which  tjood  fellow- 
ship, truth,  hiifji  as|)irations.  and  kind  deeds  were  the  cardinal  principles — and  this  (iynmasium 
was  built,   not  bv  the  death  of  Frank   Bartlett.   but  throuijh  his  life."" 


A    Vrlrr.r   ■■■    the    Knlraiirp   l«   the    Frank    Dickinson    Harflpit    <•>  ninit^i  ii  in 


The  Gil'is  of  Cliicngc)  <o  flio  I^iiivorshy 

Till'",  I 'ni\  crsit  >■  taUcs  lliis  opixnl  imil  y  lo  place  on  rccuid  ils  apiiiccial  um  ol'  the  xcrv 
lil)c'ral  intcrcsl  I  he  cil  i/.ciis  of  Chicaj^o  have  inanircslcd  in  ils  (lc\  clopiiicnl .  'j'lic  I'mids 
rc(Hiin'(l  in  1SS;»  ;»()  (o  meet  [\\r  liisi  condil  ioiial  uil'l  lot-  ils  cstaljlisliinciil  were  for 
tlic  most  |)art  coiil  rihulcd  l)\'  C'hicjiyo.  In  tlic  spriny  of  isicj.  Ix'l'orc  ils  doors  were  opened 
ibr  students.  C'liicayo  snl)sci'il)ed  !j>l, ()()(). 00(1  in  ninel\-  (la\s.  And  lliis  inleri'st  and  liheraliU- 
have  continued  initil  the  total  yif'ts  of  tlie  peo|)k'  ol'  Cliicayo  to  the  I 'ni\ ci'sit  v  now  exceed 
$7, 000. 000.    .ui\cn    l)v   a   lotal   of  nearly    '-'..lOO   individuals. 

'1,'he   nunics  oi    some  of  llu'   hu'yci'  contributors  ;u"e  ;is    lollows: 


Miss  Helen  Culver 

Mrs.  Anita  MeCorinick  HIaiiie 

and  Chicago  Inslilulc  'Pnis- 

tees 
Mr.  Martin  A.  liyorson 
The  Estate  of  W.  B.  Ogden 
Mr.  Charles  T.  Yerkes 
Mr.  Marshall  Field 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  O.  Kelly 
Mr.  Sidney  A.  Kent 
Mrs.  Esther  Ueynolds  for  the 

Reynolds  Estate 
Mrs.  Annie  Hitchcock 
Mrs.  Caroline  E.  Haskell 
Mr.  Silas  B.  Cobb 
Mr.    and    Mrs.    Adc>li)luis    C. 

Bartlett 
Mr.  George  C.  Walker 
Mr.  W.  F.  E.  (iurley 
Mr.  Leon  Mandel 
Mrs.  Nancy  S.  Foster 
Mr.  Charles  L.  Hutchinson 
Mrs.  J.  Young  Scanimon 
Mr.  John  J.  Mitchell 
Mrs.  Mary  Beecher 
Mrs.  Henrietta  Snell 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  A.  Hill 
Mrs.  Erskine  M.  Phelps 
The  Estate  of  Parmelia  Brown 
Mr.  Charles  B.  Crane 
Mr.  E.  Nelson  Blake 
Mr.  Harold  F.  McCormick 
Mr.  W.  T.  Joyce 
Mr.  lIcrnKin  II.  Kohl.saat 


Mr.  Henry  .1.  Furber 

Mrs.  Nellie  B.  Linn 

Mr.  William  Talcott 

Mr.  Andrew  MacLeish 

Wells  Brothers 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Byerson 

The  Peck  Estate 

Mr.  Berthold  Lowcnthal 

The  Estate  of  John  Q.  Adams 

Mr.  John  A.  Beichelt 

Mrs.  Catherine  M.  White 

Mr.  Julius  Bosenwald 

Mr.  A.  A.  Sprague 

Mrs.  Conrad  Seipp 

Mr.  Henry  A.  Rust 

Mrs.  Mary  J.  Willmarth 

Mr.  Enos  M.  Barton 

Mr.  C.  K.  G.  Billings 

Mr.  Henry  Ives  Cobb 

Mr.  Charles  I''.  Grey 

Ml'.  Eben  and  Miss  Fannie  G. 

Lane 
Mr.  A.  A.  Munger 
Mr.  A.  Montgomery  Ward 
Mr.  Ira  H.  Owen 
Miss  Marion  Talbot 
Mr.  P.  D.  Armour 
Mr.  L.  C.  P.  Freer 
Mr.  Hugh  Riddle 
Mr.  J.  G.  McWilliams 
Mrs.  Howard  T.  Ricketts 
Mr.  Byron  L.  Smith 
Mr.  Chaunccy  J.  Blair 
Mr.  Franklin  MacVcagh 


Mr.   and    Mrs.    Gustavus    !■'. 

Swift 
Mr.  H.  J.  Ullman 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  B.  I'.ullir 
Mr.  Frank  O.  Lowden 
Mr.  Henry  C.  Lytton 
Mr.  Henry  L.  Frank 
Sinai  Congregation 
Mr.  Morris  Selz 
Mr.  D.  G.  Hamilton 
Dearborn  Seminary 
Mr.  Herman  Lowcy 
Mrs.  Delia  Gallu]) 
Miss  Helen  Snow 
Dr.  Frank  W.  Gunsaulus 
Mr.  C.  J.  Singer 
Mr.  Charles  B.  Pike 
Chicago  Woman's  Club 
Mrs.  Lydia  B.  Packer 
Colonial  Dames 
The  Estate  of  Marie  Mcrgdcn 
Mr.  W.  E.  Hale 
Mr.  George  E.  Hale 
Mr.  O.  W.  Barrett 
Mr.  George  A.  Fuller 
Mr.  N.  W.  Harris 
Mr.  and   Mrs.  Gerhard 

Foreman 
Mr.  Wayland  W.  Wait 
Mr.  L.  Everingham 
Mr.  James  F.  Gillette 
Mr.  E,  F.  Selz 
Mr.  S.  B.  Lingle 


Mr.  Harold  H.  Swift 

Mr.  C.  W.  Needham 

Mr.  C.  W.  Fullerton 

Hart,  Schaffner  and  Marx 

Mr.  Cyrus  H.  McCormick 

Mr.  F.  J.  Dewes 

Mrs.  Augasta  Mannheimcr 

Judge  Jesse  \.  Baldwin 

Mr.  John  E.  Scolt 

Mr.  John  H.  Cha|)maii 

Shepley,  Rut  an  &  Coolidge 

Judge  F.  A.  Smith 

Mr.  William  Kent 

Mr.  H.  H.  Porter 

Mr.  Francis  W.  Parker 

Mr.  John  H.  Wrenn 

Mr.  Eli  B.  Feksenthal 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  R.  Lillie 

Mr.  H.  Paei)kc 

Mr.  J.  L.  Gafzert 

Mr.  Elmer  L.  Corthell 

Mr.  D.  J.  Harris 

Mr.  R.  R.  Donnelley 

Mr.  A.  J.  Lichtstern 

Mr.  William  B.  Walker 

Mr.  Frank  B.  Tobey 

Mr.  Edward  Morris 

Mr.  Marvin  Hughitt 

]Mr.  Edward  E.  Ayer 

Mr.  and  iSIrs.  J.  J.  Glessner 

Mr.  Walter  L.  Fisher 

Mr.  Chaunccy  Keep 

Dr.  I'Vank  Billings 


Other  Gifts  to  the  Universitv 

Amon.e  tliose  friends  of  the  T^uiversity   outside  of  the  cit\-  of  Chicago    who    have    made 
notable  contributions  are  the  following: 


Mr.  John  D.  Rockefeller,  New 
York 

Miss   Catherine    W.    Bruce, 
Brooklyn,  N.Y. 

Mr.  C.  C.  Bowen,  Detroit 

Mr.  Andrew  Carnegie,  New'^'ork 

Mr.  William  A.  Talcott,  Rock- 
ford,  111. 

Mr.  George  B.  Cluett,  Troy,  N.Y. 

Mr.  George  A.  Pillsbury,  Min- 
neapolis 

Mr.  J.  W.  Converse,  Boston 


Mr.  E.  L.  Hedstrom,  Buff.'do. 

N.Y. 
Mr.  Charles  L.  Colby,  New  York 
Mr.  George  Eastman,  Rochester, 

N.Y. 
Mr.  Charles  Miller,  Franklin,  Pa. 
Mr.  F.  T.  Gates,  New  York 
Mr.    and    Mrs.    E.    C.    Atkins, 

Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Mr.  B.  F.  Sturlevant,  Boslon 
Mr.  A.  S.  Phelps,  Princeton,  111. 
Estate  of  Cornelia  Stilwell 


The  Castle  Family,  Honolulu 
Mrs.  Mary  Castle,  Honolulu 
Mrs.  H.  M.  Randall,  \MlIi,inis- 

ville,  N.Y 
Mr.andMrs.W..\.  Mooti,  Dclroil 
Mrs.   Mary   Potter,    Chalhaiu, 

NY. 
Mr.  R.  W.  Gardner,  (iuiucy.  III. 
Mr.  F.  W.  Patrick,  Mareng,..  111. 
The  Bosworth  Estate,  lOlgin,  III. 
Mr.  F.  H.  Ludington,  St.  Louis 
Mr.  L.  B.  Merrifield,  Ottawa,  III. 


Mr.  an.l   Mis.  K.  F.   Dnikc,  .St. 

Paul 
.Mr.  J.  J.  Estey,  Brattleboro.  \l. 
Mr.  E.  S.  Conver.<e,  Boston 
Mrs.  Ann  Ma])Iesden,  Brooklyn 
Mr.  TI   K.  Porter,  Pittsburg 
.Mr   .\.  ,1.  Fox,  Detroit 
Mr.  S.  Grant,  Detroit 
Mr.  R.  H.  Cotton,  St.  Peter. 

Minn. 
Ml-.  Milton  Shirk,  Peru,  Ind. 
.Mrs.  .\lice  Edwards,  Peru,  Ind. 


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Biilldiiios  Still  to  Bo  Built 

IN  luakins  his  final  iritl  to  the  I'liiversity  in  IVUU.  uiul  conimittinii  it  to  tlie  citizens  of 
t  liieuffo.  Mr.  John  D.  Rockefeller  stipulated  that  of  the  total  sum  of  si o. ()()(). 000  then 
promised  by  him  and  now  in  jirocess  of  payment.  .^1.300.000  should  be  used  for  the 
erection  of  a  University  Chai)el. 

Amons  the  other  buildinirs  which  the  University  requires  in  order  to  prosecute  its 
educational  work  most  effectively,  and  which  are  pressinirly  needed  at  the  present  time,  are 
the  followinsr: 

A  buildin<r  for  the  I)ci)artments  of  Geology.  Geotjraphy.  and  Paleontoloiry.  to  be 
immediately  connected  with  the  \Valker  Museimi. 

Permanent  stands  and  walls  for  Marshall  Field. 

A  Woman's  Ruildiiiir.  or  better,  two  buildinirs.  which,  replacing  Lexington  Hall  and 
containing  classrooms,  shall  also  make  adequate  provision  for  the  social,  religious,  and  athletic 
organizations  of  the  women  of  the  University. 

A  building  for  the  University  High  School,  on  the  east  side  of  the  School  of  Education 
Quadrangle. 

A  building  for  the  Chtssical  departments,  on  the  corner  of  EUis  Aveiuie  and  Fifty-ninth 
Street. 

An  Astronomical  Observatory  and  classrooms  for  jjurposes  of  instruction,  in  the  quadrangles. 

A   lalxiratory  for  Pathology,   Bacteriology,  and  allied  dejjartments. 


The  following  buildings  will  also  be  needed  in  the  near  future: 

A  l)uilding  for  the  Modern  Language  (iroup.  connecting  the  Classical  Building  with 
the  HariK'r  Memorial  Library,  and.  with  it.  comi)leting  the  western  extension  of  the  Library 
Group. 

The  buildings  of  the  \\'omen"s  Residence  Quadrangle,  plans  for  which  have  already 
Ijeen  tlrawn.  and  which  it  is  desired  to  erect  on  the  block  bounded  by  AX'oodlawn  and 
Kimliark  avenues  and  Fifty-eighth  and   Fifty-ninth  streets. 

A  Cieneral  Administration  Building. 

A  building  for  the  Historical  and  Social  Science  Grou]).  occujning  on  the  east  of  the 
HariR-r  Memorial  Library  a  jwsition  corresponding  to  that  of  the  Modern  Language  Grouj) 
on  the  west. 

A  building  for  the  Divinity  School,  to  be  erected  north  of  Haskell  Oriental  .Museum. 
:U)d  completing  in  this  direction  the  Library  Grouj). 

A   Men's  Kesidence  Quadrangle,  to  be  erected  west  of  the  main  (piadrangle. 


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